Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on April - 15.  

1220  On April - 15 adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.  

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on this day in history.  

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on April - 15.  

1621  Death of John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony on April - 15.  

1632  On April - 15 death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)  

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1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on this day in history.  

1652  On April - 15 death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church  

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on this day in history.  

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on April - 15.  

1754  Death of Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676) on this day in history.  

1756  On April - 15 johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29  

1761  Death of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) on this day in history.  

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on this day in history.  

1765  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1788  On this day in history giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77  

1793  Death of Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1804  On April - 15 death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)  

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on April - 15.  

1853  On April - 15 johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67  

1854  On this day in history death of arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)  

1863  On this day in history jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90  

1866  On April - 15 william Jackson, composer, dies at 51  

1888  On this day in history matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65  

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on this day in history.  

1891  On April - 15 stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49  

1898  Death of Kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader on this day in history.  

1911  On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies  

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on this day in history.  

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on April - 15.  

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on April - 15.  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.  

1588  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on April - 15.  

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on April - 15.  

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.